Beverage maker
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYeongdon Jeong, Ahjin Sim
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Abstract
A system for making a beverage includes a fermentation tank, a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the fermentation tank, a beverage dispenser configured to dispense the beverage from the fermentation tank to an outside, a user interface configured to receive user input among a simple mode and an expert mode, where a beverage making time in the expert mode is less than a beverage making time in the simple mode, and a controller configured to selectively perform the simple mode and the expert mode according to the user input.
Claims19
A system for making a beverage, the system comprising:
- a beverage maker comprising:
- a fermentation tank configured to accommodate the beverage,
- a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the fermentation tank, and
- a beverage dispenser configured to dispense the beverage from the fermentation tank to an outside of the fermentation tank;
- a user interface configured to communicate with the beverage maker and to receive input from a user among (i) a simple mode configured to make the beverage within a first making time and (ii) an expert mode configured to make the beverage within a second making time that is less than the first making time;
- and
- a controller configured to control the beverage maker to selectively perform the simple mode and the expert mode based on the input received through the user interface,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- based on the simple mode being selected, control the beverage dispenser to dispense the beverage after a first fermentation process and an aging process are sequentially performed, and
- based on the expert mode being selected, transfer the beverage to a container without any aging process after a second fermentation process is performed.
A system for making a beverage, the system comprising:
- a fermentation tank configured to accommodate the beverage;
- a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the fermentation tank;
- a beverage dispenser configured to dispense the beverage from the fermentation tank to an outside of the fermentation tank;
- a user interface configured to receive input from a user among (i) a simple mode configured to make the beverage within a first making time and (ii) an expert mode configured to make the beverage within a second making time that is less than the first making time;
- and
- a controller configured to selectively perform the simple mode and the expert mode based on the input received through the user interface,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- based on the simple mode being selected, perform a first fermentation process, wherein the first fermentation process comprises performing (i) a first primary fermentation for a first primary fermentation time and (ii) a secondary fermentation for a secondary fermentation time, and
- based on the expert mode being selected, perform a second fermentation process comprising performing a second primary fermentation for a second primary fermentation time, and
- wherein the second primary fermentation time is greater than the first primary fermentation time and less than a sum of the first primary fermentation time and the secondary fermentation time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.